The
focus of my research is tourists' interest in tourism provided by
First Nations communities in Northern British Columbia. Specifically,
my research focuses on identifying Indigenous tourism markets for
Northern BC as well as product preferences of visitors to this region.
During spring 2007, I interviewed several members of the Indigenous
tourism industry of Northern BC to determine the key characteristics
of a successful tourism venture in the northern parts of this province.
After completing these interviews, I created a questionnaire to find
out from tourists coming to Northern BC what their key interests regarding
Indigenous tourism were. Using this questionnaire, I conducted approximately
300 surveys from June until mid-September (2007) with tourists coming
through the city of Prince George, BC. Following survey collection,
I entered my data for statistical analysis and am now working on the
analysis of my data.